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Case Study: Calatrava’s Gare do

City and Country Lisbon, Portugal Products* • DOWSIL™ 797 Weatherproofing Sealant • DOWSIL™ 993 Structural Glazing Sealant • DOWSIL™ 794 Silicone Glazing Sealant Key Participants • Architect Santiago Calatrava

*Prior to February 2018, products listed were branded as Dow Corning.

Dow Europe played an important part in with creating the main entrance to the The Project the largest urban regeneration project Exposition - a new international station, • The regeneration of the Tagus waterfront in Europe. The company’s construction combining rail, bus and metro links. The is the largest urban regeneration project sealants were used on a number of the result is a magnificently diverse structure, in Europe. The buildings were erected for key construction projects that are helping developed by subcontractors Lenametal Expo 98, and are now fully operational in to regenerate the Tagus waterfront in the and Vidronorte (Saint Gobain): steel their long term uses. DOWSIL™ sealants columns wind upwards like trees over the were specified for eighty percent of the coastal city of Lisbon, Portugal. train tracks, to support a glazed roof. glazed facades. The buildings, which were erected for • The Gare do Oriente is a magnificently Expo 98, are now fully operational in The Products diverse structure – it is operating as a their long term uses. The specification thriving transport interchange combining of DOWSIL™ sealants for eighty percent Both this and the station’s glass rail, bus and metro links. Steel columns of the glazed facades demonstrates walls are sealed with DOWSIL™ 797 wind upwards like trees over the train Weatherproofing Sealant - used because tracks, to support a glazed roof. recognition from all the world-class architects involved, of the quality and of its exceptional ageing resistance, • Both this and the station’s glass elasticity (to support the movements of walls are sealed with DOWSIL™ 797 longevity of DOWSIL™ products. Weatherproofing Sealant - used because the structure) and adhesion to the painted of its exceptional ageing resistance, The Project steel and variety of elasticity (to support the movements of glass used. The Gare do Oriente is operating as a the structure) and adhesion to the painted steel and variety of glass used. thriving transport interchange. Spanish Below the , the architect Santiago Calatrava was tasked bus station is formed from a combination of glass and

C A S E S T U DY | Portugal steel awnings. The structure features a variety of DOWSIL sealants - DOWSIL™ 993 Structural Glazing Sealant to bond the glass to the supporting structure; DOWSIL™ 794 Silicone Glazing Sealant to maximize the strength and aesthetics of the bolted glazing, and to prevent ageing of the laminated glass; and DOWSIL™ 797 Weatherproofing Sealant to protect the whole inner structure from the hot and salty sea air.

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